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VOL. V. MANNING., CLARENDON COUNTY, S. C., WEDNESDAY, APRIL 10, 1889. NO. 18. WOMAN AND HOME. A WIFE'S POSSIBLE TROUBLES WITH HOUSEHOLD FINANCES. The American Girl Compared with Her English Sister-Points About the Toilet. Teaching the Little Ones to Talk-Use ful Recipes for the Good Housewife. Husband, lo.-I buy everything that' is needed in the house, and you have only tc speak to me if you are in want of pin money. That doesn't seem to be a great hardship. I wouldn't mind asking for money, if I was sure of gettiag it without any further ex ertion. Ah! wouldn't you, good sir? Suppose your self in the place of a wife, who, however petted and indulged,is expected to render a strict ac count of every trifle she buys, or rather fancy yourself telling her, becausecompelled by the necessity of the case, of every cent you spend on personal luxuries? She may dip into her purse for caramels, perfumes and flowers; pour cigars, luncheons and other marginal expenses foot up a far larger bill. ! First and last, in many otherwise happy omes, there is a good deal of friction and consequent discomfort with regard to the management of the finances. Either there is not money enough to warrant the style as sumed or attempted, or else husband and wife do not agree perfectly about the spending of it, or, again, there is a lack of openness about the resources of the married partners. Among wage earning classes this does not so often occur, where the husband quite often puts his week's salary without reserve in the hands of his wife, taking what she chooses to give him for spending money, and leaving to her the disposition of whatever his hard hand labor has gained. Where, however, there is a fluctuating in come, and a man desires that his home shall present a brave front to the world, making, for business reasons, or those of personal pride, a goodly show in the eyes of his towns people and acquaintances, there is often great injustice done to wives. Their extravagance is taken for granted by the uninformed. How shall the wife of a lawyer, doctor or business man know precisely how to arrange her expenses, if she is treated like a child or potted dependent, told to buy whatever she pleases and send the bills to her husband, she, in the meanwhile, uncertain how far she may go, till some day there is a mutter, a rumble or a storm, when payment is asked; or, when a crash comes, she finds that she has been walking heedlessly on a lava crust, with ruin seething under her feet. Entire and candid explanation of the finances of i.ie business firm, in which hus band and wife are partners, and the manage ment of home affairs, according -to business methods and in a common sense way, would relieve a great deal of embarrassment and prevent no end of annoyance and pain. The most considerate of husbands do not dream, dear, generous souls, of the dislike which the most trustful and loving wives feel when obliged to ask for money, unless it be directly for purposes of household economy. It is the exception that proves the rule, when, even after years of happy marriage, a wife is found who owns to no dread in this regard, is con scious of no reluctant aversion-feels about her husband's purse as she would about her own.-Margaret E. Sangster in Once a Week. The American Girl. A pleasing and constant topic of English writem is the American girl, writes George William Curtis in Harper's Magazine. One of the later commentators says of her: "American girls have shown that they can eoeive, travel and live without chaperons, escorts or husbands, and are fast developing a bright, clear, intelligent, self reliant, cour ageous and refreshing variety of the human race." And again, "Even if in future years the slender Yankee belle is hidden behind the ampler beauty of the English matron, we may still hear from her lips the wit and shrewdness, the accnte accent, the intelligent question, and the rapid repartee that pro claim bet original nationality." .Th6 "so ciety" pictures in the papers and magazine :reprsnt the dismay of the British matron 'with marriageable daughters as she surveys the -avatar of the American divinity-and rival. The essential differences of society in 'the two countries are at once suggested, and the alarm of the watchful parent is justified. The passages that we have quoted appar ently describe by contrast, which is a fact which does not seem to have occurred to the writer. Doubtless at heart he is loyal to the English girl, and. does not admit, even in debate, that her supremacy of maidenhood can be disputed. When he says that Ameri can girls have shown that they can receive, travel and live withoutchaperons, escorts or husbands, he seems to mean that they have khown this distinctively as compared with 'other girls. - JWhen he adds that they are fast develop ,ing a bright, clear, intelligent, self reliant, courageous and refreshing variety of the guman race, can he mean that it is a new ,variety of girl, and that it is not perfectly familiar in England. Soin the other passage, ;when, supposing the American girl trans !ormed into the British matron, he remarks, ;with evident admiration, "We may still hear from her lips the wit and shrewdness, the iacute accent, the intelligent question and the trapid repartee that proclaim her original na nality," would he have us understand that are not the characteristics of the Brit shmatron of today? Or does he intimate konly that tho coming of the Americans will btenlargo the number of these delightful The writer certainly seems to describe by contraust, but ho has wisely left a little cloud m'which to envelop his retreat in caseoor emergency. Certainly we need not press him. 'Whatev-er he may think or say of the Eng hish girl, he hasspoken well and truly of her American sister. Hi~s description applies to the girl who grows up amid the average con ditions of A merican life, the girl who is por trayed in her more jejune condition in Henry James' Daisy iller. The two chief qualities - of that young woman, as represented by tho shrewd and subtle artist, are self respect and self reliance. The perplexity of the phenome non to tho foreign reader lies in the fact that she does whiat tho European girl without self respect does. ____ * 'earning to Talk. The child's flrs; acL. :veents in speech consist of isolated words. .Ho will say "papa" and "ma mma," manage a paraphrast of his own upon the names of his attenats or of the members of the family, and gain command over such monosyllables as dog, horse, cat. The putting of words together to make a coherent sentence is a later devel opment, and one that is said to come earlier with girls than with boys. A girl child is more precocious in nearly all respects than her brother. .rmaBb' ir h iIn Stray LeavesfrmaBb'Diyth infant autobiographer complains piteously ol the confusion he underwent when what he had been told was adog was calleda puppy, a doggy, a bow wow and Carlo. A similar experience followed with the cat, whom he haddescribed as a pussy, a puss, a kitty, a litten and Tabby. One is surprised that a W.hila should learn as rapidly as hedoes, re calling -ender how manty different titles the same object is presented to him. if a parent wishes her baby to learn quickly fto ress his wants she must strive after simp 'cityin the vocabulary she bestows upon him. A plate should be called a plate, and not a dish one half the time and a plate the other. The terms glass, tumbler and goblet are also puzzling to the baby intelligence. His frock should be indicated to him as a frock ajip,'or a dress, and not as every one of the three. As be grows older this careful nessuoiv-become" unnecessary, but its omis-. sion at the outset is a hindrance to his im provement. Another thing that retards an infant's pro gressin learning to express himself intelligibly is the absurd practice of addressing him in the gibberish known as "baby talk." There is neither rhyme nor reason in mutilating language beyond all recognition in order to adapt it to baby comprehension. The prin ciple that leads a mother-to chop her child's food into fine bits that it may demand less of an effort from his digestive powers does not apply to things linguistic. With those there can be no mincing matters. The English language is hard enough to acquire at best, without doubling the task by insisting that a child shall first learn a patois and then un learn it before he is able to express his thoughts in a fashion to be understood by ordinary mortals.-Harper's Bazar. Fashionable Powder Engs. "What is this? A handkerchief?" asked a Madison avenue hostess, as she picked up from the floor a three inch square of dainty cambric, hemstitched and trimmed on the edge with lace. It was a reception day, and the guests had just left, but by some chance the article in question had been left behind. - "Let's see, mamma," said the daughter. "Oh, that isn't a handkerchief," she con tinued, "that is a face dolly, or, to express it less elegantly, a 'powder rag.' All the girls carry them." These face dollies have become a feature of fashionable walking or evening toilets. They are carried in the center of the handkerchief, and-in order to make them secure they are pinned in with small safety pins. The dolly is well rubbed with lily white or any other popular powder, and can be applied without detection. When the owner feels that her face will be more attractive by the use of powder, she has only to bring her handker chief up to her face. It is very amusing to witness the skill with which this whitening process isaccomplished, and the dexterity with which complexion cloths are managed. Some society ladies carry both powder and rouge and apply it in the very eyes of their escort without any compunction of being detected in its use. Any one standing in the lobby of a fashion able theatre cannot fail to notice how fre quently the handkerchief is brought into re quisition. In nine cases out of ten the sudden uplifting of the handkerchief covers an ap plication of the cosmetic inside.-New York Star. Ladles' fair. Long and thick hair is so scarce among ladies that when one comes to have her head washed who has a full suit she is always the subject of remark and envy. Not more than one in ten ladies have full suits. Some who had long and thick hair as children have lost most of it through carelessness. The hair will fall out if not kept clean, and many find that, after reaching a certain length, it breaks off. However, if a lady has just enough hair to hold a switch the hairdresser will do the rest. Style, moreover, has favored the short haired, for less and less hair has been worn lately. From the immense waterfalls to the present scanty head dress is a wonderful change. Switches are universally worn, but in constantly decreasing size. Still a woman with long hair is to be envied, for her hair will always look natural. Aswitch needs re freshing, because, without the natural oil of the head to keep it bright, it will look differ ent from the wearer's own hair. Some sleep in their switches so that they may take the oil from the head, but this is bad for the scalp, makingr it too hot and causing the hair to faflout. So many ladies wash their hair so seldom that I do not wonder they lose it. St.. Louis1lobe-Democrat. Beauty and Bathing. So much has been said about bathing, per haps there.is~lttle new to be told. X et, in its connection with beauty, too much cannot be said. Bathe intelligently, bathe conscientiously. We hear discussed the relative meritsof cold and warm baths. I think the warm bath, properly. inkathe giatest promoter of a clear, soft, rosy skin. An emientphysician recommends the warm bath to be taken twice a week. After carefully drying the body with soft linen, apply rose water and pure glycerine, using them in a mixture of equal parts well shaken. Rub into the skin, then put on the night robe wann. It is hoped that no one desirous of a beautiful skin will wear any garment at night that is worn during the day. Allow no cold surface to come mn con tact with the body after awarm bath, but get immediately into bed. The good effect of such a bath, followed by a nightsrest where in in even temperature is kept up for eight or nine hours, will be felt at once. Add to this formula a sweet temper and a mind at peace with all the world and the silken rose petal may not outvie a woman'sskin.-Dress. The Pig Pen Puzzle. No house is complete now without its pig pen and our little pigs. "Pigs in Clover" is the lae~ y and puzzle, and it is having a great run. The puzzle consists of a circular block of.wood, with a pasteboard rim around it, and three other paper rims in concentric circles inside the outer one. .Each of these inner rings of ciardboard hias opening in it anithe openings are on oppo~ite sides. The inside ring of all is two inches in diameter, and is covered over. It is called the pen. Four marbles are placed in the outer division of the box. These are the pigs. The test of skill is to get them all into the pen without touching them with the fingers. The box is manipulated in one or both hands, so that the marbles roll one at a time through the gates in the circular fences and finally into the inner inclosure. They act very much like pigs, inasmuch as nobody can be sure of them until he has them all in the pen. He may get three in, and, while trying to put the fourth in, the others will run out. Anybody who has ever driven pigs will appreciate the toy, and if every body who appreciates it has driven pigs it proves that there are thousands of pigalrivers in this city.--New York Sun. The Tables of Royalty. In Italy the court dines around a table coy cred with a magnificent service in gold; it is the only luxury; there are no flowers, and the dishes of the country are invariably served-above all, the fritto, composed of a foundation of artichokes, liver, brains and cocks' combs. At the German court the finest table is that of the grand duchess of Bladen; she has an excellent French cuisine and a Pa risian chef. The queen of Sweden has a very tempting table and bill of fare-soups, al most always milk, and beefsteak; one of her , favorite dishes is composed of balls of mince-' meat cooked with oil and surrounded with a garnishing of poached eggs; then te isal mast at each repast the national plate, salmon preserved in earth. Queen Victoria's favorite wine is pale sherry, which she drinks from a beautifully carved silver cup inherited from Queen Anne. The royal dinneris very com plete. The table is lighted with gold candela bra furnished with candles; orchids placed in epergnes rise up to the ceiling. The queen eats a special bread, well cooked and of a mastic color.-London Globe. A Strange'-Eventful History. Mile. Rousseif, the once-celebrated actress, is about to return to the scene of her first triumphs. Her history is a strange one. During the war she nursed the wounded sol diers, like many other actresses, and her fa miliarity with pain and death gave her a gloomy view of life. She, however, con tinued her career, and created the role of Caverlet in Emilie Augier's play, but in the bent of 1876. Pere Didon preached at Notre Dame, and his, sermons imbued her afresh with religious mania. She used to lacerate her flesh like Saint Theresa, and looked upon herself as a veritable Magdalen. She con ceived a violent disaster for her profession; tried literature, but failed; and eventually entered a convent. This secluded place she left some time ago, being thereunto induced by a young mystic and pbet. Latterly she reappeared on the stage at Cairo.-European Leater. Mrs. Hearst's Boarding House. Yesterday the wife of Senator Hearst called at a stylish boarding house on Fourteenth street, near I. to engage rooms for friends of hers. She found a few vacant rooms and en gaged them at once, saying she hadn't sufli cint accommodations at her own house. "Is your house fulld" asked the landlady. "Yes, just crowded, or will be," replied Mrs. Hearst. "Do you keep a boarding or lodging house?" "How's that?" asked Mrs. Hearst, doubt fully. "Do you give room and board, or only let rooms?" "Oh, I give both board and room at my house," said Mrs. Hearst, cheerfully, as she presented her card. "Please have the rooms all ready. Good morning," and she swept away to her carriage, into which she was shown by a liveried footman.-Washington Post. Rose Insects. The insects.most harmful to roses are the green fly, red spider, rose hopper or thrips, and the rose bug and the black slug. Now, though these insects involves some little trou ble, yet success will attend all persistent ef forts. The green fly, the thrips and the black slug can all be kept under by syringing the plants with a solution of whale oil soap. One pound of soap is sufficient for eight gallons of water. Throw the water in a fine spray on the under as well as the upper side of the leaves. A syringe with a bent nozzle is the best instrument with which to apply the liquid to the lower sides of the leaves. The red spider can be held in check by syringing the leaves with clear water; in dry times this should be done every day. If the rose bug (melolontha subspinosa) makes its appearance, which is not very often, it can be destroyed by the insectexterminator.-Vick's Magazine. Chapped Hands. From those suffering from chapped hands, or for those liable to them, nothing can excel the healing qualities of mutton tallow. This may be bought at the druggist's or made at home, and ought to be kept in every house. Take the fat of mutton, usually that around the kidney, and try out, strain, pour Into a cup and put aside to harden. If liked it can be taken from the cup before it is very hard, and worked into a ball, and in this shape is much more convenient for use than if left re maining in the cup. To apply it, first hold it before or over a fire until the surface near the fire is soft, then rub this soft tallow to the afflicted parts, working it gently into the skin. It is very soothing and gives relief al most immediately. There are very few cases of chapped hands, pro'vided proper attention is paid to washing and wiping them, that will not yield readily to this treatment.-Cor.' Detroit Free Press. Ice In a Untry. Take a tail cylindrical jar-which of ne-' cessity must be earthenware. Pour into it an ounce and three-quarters of water and three and one-third ounces of the sulphuric acid of commerce. Then add one ounce of sulphate of soda in powder. In the center of this mixture stand q, small earthenware ves sel, and let it contain the water which it is desired to freeze into ice. Cover the middle vessel, and then, if possible, revolve the whole affair by a gentle motion. In a few minutes the inner vessel will contain a block of solid ice, whilst the outer ingredients can be used a second or even a third time to produce fur ther blocks of ice by pouring moro fresh water into the inner receptacle. Work in a cool place. If greater bulk of ice is wanted increase the mixture in the same proportion. -Confectioners Union. Women's Hands. A French savant has recently announced his belief that women are increasing in size. Certain it i" that the hands of the average woman are much larger now than formerly. The happy change in public opinion which enables women of all ranks to work with their hands, and take pride in doing so, may not be without effect in enlarging those members.-Chicago News. mlnts to' Housekeepers. A hot flatiron with a fold of flannel over it will relieve neuralgia very quickly. For warming over dark meats use brown s'uces made from browned butter and flour, for white meats cream sauces, which, of course, can be made from milk. Take two large spools,- drive large nails through them in the wall about two inches apart, hang y-our broom up, brush end up. One or two potatoes left from dinner will make a comfortable dish of Lyonnaise pota toes for breakfast. Keep c.-bolic acid always convenient for use. It is one of the best disinfectants and insect destroyers that can be used. A small quantity need only be applied at a time. Vinegar improves by keeping, therefore, it is best to lay in a large supply. Syrup mnad-o of brown sugar, with a pint of hickory tea to three pounds of sugar, is a 'ood substitute for maple syrup. Powdered rosin, according to H. Hager, is liable to spontaneous comnbustioni, owing to oxidation by tho air, and it should be kept in tightly closed tin boxes. To cleanse porcelaia sauce pans fi11 them half full of hot water and put in the water a tablespoonful of powdered borax and let it boiL .If this does not remove all the stis scour well with a cloth rubbed with soap and borax. The following often acts satisfactorily in removirng old ink stains from polished ma hogany and cherry. Add a very few drops of niter to a teaspoonful 'ci water, dip a feater into this mixture and touch the ink spots with it. When the stain disappoears rub the spot ut once with a rag wet with clear water, then dry and polish. This is to pre ve-nt a it mm+ coming- in place of the W ANAM AKER ON IRUM. HE EXHORTS HIS CHURCH BRETHREN TO VOTE FOR PROHIBITION. "It is Your Duty," He Said, "to Make it as Difficult to Get Liquor as to Get Poi son"-"God's Going to Count the votes." PHILADELPHIA, March 31.-Postmaster General Wanamaker made his first pub lic utterance to-day on the question of high- license and prohibition. He de clared in favor of the, constitutional amendment, and exhorted the 800 per sons who listened to his words to work, pray and vote for it. * Mr. Wanamaker reached Bethany Sunday school at 2 p. m. Half an hour later, while the Bethany orchestra played the opening hymn, Mr. Wanamaker was in his place as superintendent of the largest Sunday school class in America. After the usual exercises Mr. Wana maker led the way to the church, fol lowed by 400 members of his adult Bible class and 400 visitors. While the visit ors were being seated Mr. Wanamaker announced that it was quarterly meet ing, and that there was no regular les son. He said he had been requested to talk of temperance. He road a portion of the fifth chapter of Ephesians, begin ning with the verse, "Be not drunk with wine." He said: "What is the Christian idea of right? It is important that we get the right thought, because then we will do right and lead a happy life. The Christian idea is that we carefully guard our de portment. We should be temperate in all things that we do. The Bible says that he who does not do this is a fool. Now, a man who calls you a fool is not minded much, but when God writes us down as fools it is a very serious thing. We should be temperate in everything. That means the use of tobacco and of opium. It includes profanity and anger and impurity of life. We are so to talk that we shall build each other up." Mr. Wanamaker then reterred to the wreck of the American men-of-war at Samoa. and spoke of the broken-hearted wives and children who were waiting for the return of their husbands and fathers who had been dashed to pieces on the rocks. He continued: "Right here in our city are broken hearted people, beaten against the rocks of adversity by this tide of liauor and of license. The man who will not sign a temperance pledge, though he does not need it himself, to help a weaker brother, is not as much of a man as he thinks himself to be. Christ said: 'Deny yourselves. Take up your cross and follow me.' There is no need to be drunk to be under. the influence of wine. The :Lan who takes on.y a ittle and will not i-e it up is as much controlled by it as if he was an habitual drunkard. He is under the influence because he won't give it up. "What's the reason you won't stand out for the amiendmrent? Because you like a glass of beer. You say: 'I want to be free to take an additional drink if I feel like it.' 'hat influence keeps you from voting against the amend ment? Isn't it the influence of a .lass of beer' There are thousan~s of 'nen in this city who (1o not get drunk. They say: -We have the right to drink it if we want to; to sell it, to buy it, or to give it away. A man may not drink it at all, but he may be under the influence of the liquor spirit. He will say: 'I am a temperance man, but I am in business and the liquor people deal with me, so I won't say anything against it.' Now, what influence is he undert "it's the same with many-a politician. He's afraid he won't get votes, so he is silent on the liquor question. When a inister or a teacher refuses to speak out on this question he is ruled by the liquor interests. The drunkard who votes for prohibition is a freer man than the total abstainer, who carries water on both shoulders and then votes for liquor, or to put it in the harness 'f high license. "Just as the saloon keeper must an swer for every glass he sells, so we must answer for voting for liquor. It is sim ply a question of whether or not we are infavor of the saloon. It isn't a ques tion of high license. The quibble that prohibition does not prohibit has noth ing to do with it. The law against steal ing does not prevent stealing. The same power that puts the amendment in our Constitution will attend to the enforce ment of the law. It is our duty to make it as difficult to get liquor as it is to get poison. "License means that the city, the State, and the saloon keeper shall go into partnership to ruin men, to build up jails. almshouses, hospitals and houses of correction, and to keep up the taxes. God's going to count the votes. Vote for prohibition and vou will be voting for Him, for order, for relhgion. and for the highest civilization. He will see evecry ballot. When you go home to night go down on your knees, every one ofyou. and praiy God to help you to carry the amendment.' Mr. Wanainaker then closed with a prayer. HUe hurried into the main Sun day school and made the closing address to the children, and then led the usual twenty-minute pr-ayer meeting at 6 o'clock. WOMEN IN POLITICS. Mrs. Minnie Morgan Etected Mayor of a Kansas Town-A Solid Pemale Coun OSKALOOSA, Kansas. April :3. -The Oscaloosa idea is still extant. After a vigorous fight, the female candidates for city offi;es won the day by sweeping majorities. At Cottonwood Falls, Kan sas, tihe ladies were also triumphant, Mrs. Minnzie Morgan being elcc-ed Mayor, with all the members of the Council of her sex. Fot-R T~toUsAND WOMEN voTED. LAvENwoRTH, Kansas, April 3. The contest for-the may oralty here lay bet ween D. R. Anthony (Republican), and L. M. Hooker (Democrat.) Susan B. Anthony, sister of the Republican candidate, worked heroically for him, but Hooker was elected by about 2,500 majority. Nearly 4,000 women voted dui-ing the day, most of them casting their ballots for Hooker. A man was stabbed at one of the precinlcts and women at another ward became in THE RACE WAR IN OHIO. Great Excitement Over the School Ques tion. NEw RICHMOND, Ohio, March 31- - This place of 3.000 population is the scene of great excitement, which many fear will end in trouble. In no part of the State has the law abolishing separate schools for blacks caused so much trouble as in this. This and Adams Counties have particularly suffered, and the court dockets are crowded with suits of damages and criminal proceedings growing out of the school rows. At Felicity recently one man was sbot, a number injured, and one house demol ished in an effort to forcibly eject col ored children from the school house, which was almost wrecked. There are 200 black and 700 white school children here. All the blacks con sented to remain in separate rooms ex cept the children of James Ringold. They were made miserable in every way. Ringold caused the matter to be brought into the courts, suing the superintendent of the schools and thirteen prominent citizens for $5,000 damages. Last Thursday the Circuit Court gave him one cent and costs All tnc blacks then rushed for the schools and a lough and tumble time ensued, which ended yes terday in the School Board closing the schools until next September, though three months of the present term re mains. Many whites and not a few blacks are indignant that their children must be deprived of three months' schooling, and the feeling runs high. This has been one of the most ex citing Sundays the place has ever known. The streets have been crowded all day. All other topics were forgot ten. Ministers counseled forbearance, and wise men attempted to calm the im petuous. Each side professes to fear violence from the other. All the teach ers will sue for their salaries for the re mainder of the term, and costly litiga tion, if nothing else, is sure to follow. There is a prosp-et that a mandamus will be asked for in the morning to com pel the School Board to reopen the schools. WOMAN'S UNPURCHASED HAND. Is Casting Votes that Shake the Turrets of the Land. DETROIT, Mich., April 1.-At the elec. tion of School Inspectors to-day the women voted for the first time in this State, and many amusing incidents oc curred. The Fourth Ward has the best organization of women in the city. They had carriages to send for those who did not come as expected and a list of regis tered women. In the Tenth Ward William Stuart tried to have fun with the female voters. When the first went to deposit their ballots Stuart challenged them on the age qualifications. "We are ready to swear that we are twenty-one years old," they said. In the Sixth Ward, when Mary Brady. a big Irish washerwoman, came to vote, she encountered a gang of ward pullers who laughed at her, said she was no itizen, couldn't vote and told her to go home She tried to fight her way through in tine Irish style, but gave up mad and started back. A policeman went after her and Mary voted, holding the police man by the arm. In the Fourteenth Ward Miss New berry, a woman's worker, said: "I am not at all carried away with the work, but I guess I can stand it. It seemed a little strange to approach strange men t first, but I am getting used to it. It is a little strange to help hold up a bulding, but then I suppose it is a part f the work." The returns are slowly coming in, but it is certain that Mrs. Parsons, the andidate fot School Inspector in the Fourth Ward, is the only woman elected. MR. BLAINE ASTONISHED HIM. A Republican Office Seeker Told to Get Senator Gorman's Indorsement. BALTIMORE, April 1.-A few days ago a gentleman who resides in Baltimore, nd who desires a Consular appoint ment, went to Washington, and, calling pon Secretary Blaine, stated the object of his visit. Mr. Blaine was favorably impressed with his visitor, but called his attention to the fact tbat his papers had few signers of political prominence. " Don't you know some of the mem bers of Congress from your State?" the Secretary inquired. "Can't say that I do," was the re joinder. "Don't you know Mr. Gorman?" "Great heavens: does Gorman run this administration, too?" "Never mind abont that," said Mr. Blane; "you get a letter from Senator Gorman and come back here." The applicant left the State Depart ment to go in search of Mr. Gorman, but at last accounts had not found him. PREACHES FOR PROFIT. Padre Agostino Wants the Money if His Sermons Are Worth Any. Padre Agostino is a learned monk perhaps thc best orator in all Italy-and is at present preaching daily in the Church of San Carlo al Corso in Rome ad "stirring the city to its cent re."~ "'I protest," said the padre from the pulpit. -"against reporters taking down what I say and makimg it a sour'ce of profit. It is an imfringement of my right. If there is to be protit made by my sermons or my words I am the per son entitled to it, and I should receive This wais followed by a burst of ap piuse and clapping of hands in the sacred building, mingled with much iarity from the reporters. of whom some two oir three score were present, nd other profane persons. Sudden Death of a Railroad Official. CsINrINN~, April 4. W. WV. Wells, Superintendent of the Southern Division of the Queen and Crescent System. died uienly yesterday morning in his car at Somerset, Ky. He had been ailing a few days, but a sudden attack carried him away. Earthquakes in Cuba BAvAsi, Anril 4.--News has just been recived here ~that two earthquake shocks were experienced in Santiago de Cuba n Fridayvlast. THE GEORGIA MORMONS. THEIR SAFE ARRIVAL IN THEIR NEW 11031K OGDEN. UTAH. The Brethren Seem to Be Pleased With the Manner in Which the Native Apos tles Received Them. ALGUSTA, Ga., April 2.-A short time ago about fifty persons from the poorer and ignorant classes of white people left Augusta and vicinity for Utah. They went in charge of several Mormon elders, and were going Mormomtes to be. Letters have just been received in Au gusta from several members of the party. Thus far these new Mormons seem well pleased with their change of homes and habits. The first, aletter from a Mrs. Rear don, told of the journey from Augusta to Ogden, Utah, where the party has settled. It describes the scenery along the route and the good treatment the party received at the hands of all. Of Ogden the letter says: "Ogden is a much nicer place than I had any idea of. The buildings in the main portion of the town are large and beautiful, and the town is just booming. It is the greatest place for business I ever saw. The people are the finest in the world. They are first-class in every way. The people are tony here. They make plenty of money and they use it. They ate fine looking, and all use proper language and wear fine clothing." Another letter from John Reardon, who has found employment in a publish ing house, says: "I never was so surprised in all my life as I am at present. The climate is elegant, and you have no idea what a thriving place this is. The town is on a boom, and you can't get a house for love nor money. The Mormons are the wealth iest people in the town. Ogden has a population of about 12,000, of which none are negroes." Mr. Reardon speaks in glowing terms of his reception into society. R.:ardon was unknown to society circles here, and is said to have been a noted gam ble-. Another letter is from a younger member of the party, who speaks of go ing to school. The following extract was taken trom it: "We are stopping at Ogden, Utah. We arrived here on the night of March 9th. The whole party of about fifty went to Elder Browning's. His wife had supper prepared for the whole party, and it was the nicest supper I ever sat down to. After supper the party scat tered out among the Brownings to sleep, and stay until they could get homes. We have all got homes and moved to them. * * * It looks funny here to see the shade trees in the streets apple trees. 'There are more apples here in the winter than there is in Augusta in the spring time. While traveling I went over, through and under mountains. The scenery in the Rocky Mountains was the grandest I ever saw, and all around us was covered with snow. When we got to the top of the mountain we were over two miles above Augusta. Papa says to tell uncle to hurry up and get out here, for these Mormons are certainly the best people in the world. It seems as if they all wanted to do something for you as soon as you get here." Of the religion and practices of the people among whom they have east their lot nothing is said, and polygamy was not broacted in any of the letters. Thus far the Mormon emigrants, or at least those quoted above, appear to be satisfied with their step-later reports, when the novelty has worn off and the situation gets down to root hog or die, may tell a different talc. The last letter quoted, says, "that all seem to want to do something for you as soon as you get here" How long this solicitude will hold out remains to be seen. The South Boominr. According to the Baltimore M3anufac turers' Record, the first three months of 1889 have shown an unprecedented in dustrial activity in the South. "Scarcely a week," it says, "has passed since the opening of the new year that has not witnessed the formation of companies backed by millions of capital to prose cute great enterprises, while the num ber of smaller but none the less import ant ventures bassurprisingly multiplied." It has not been a boom in simply one field, but a general awakening in the whoe domain of trade and industry. Nor has it been confined to a limited area or a few States, but has been uni versal throughout the South. The Re~ cord gives this glowing picture: "So athern furnaces are multiplyinag new ones built from profits of existing 'plants.' Southern cotton mills are in creasing, faith in their dividend earn ing power being so strong-based ot' past experience-as to draw heavy im vestmeuts of capital for building new mills. Mining and railroad building. too , go on at a rapid pace. Some ofthe richest portions of the South are now being opened to the approach of capital and comerce. New towns andI cities are springing up, and even the most 'finished' of the older municipalhties are bidding farewell to the spirit of old fogyism and welcoming the genius of enterprise." That sounds gr.hidiloquent, but our cotmporary gives figures to support its views. The new entierprises origan izdor projected during the first three nwnthis of this year miunoer nearly thir ten hundred, or t wo hundred more than for the corresponding period last year, while the capital and capital stock rep resented by the enterprises of 1889 reach fifty-eight million dollars, as against hirty-eight millions for the first three months of 1888. This encouraging exhibit is a matter for congratulation North as well as South, for Southern prosperity is an ele meat of national prosperity. -New York Herald. -A. C. McManus of Lancaster' Countv was painfully hurt on Sunday afternoon by being thrown from his colt. The colt became fractious and ran under a shed, knocking Mr. McManus off and dragged him about the jard with nis foot hitched in the stirrup. His injuries are PRYOR AN1 PROTECTION. Some Facts from the Record of An Ex Confederate Who Predicts a Break in the Solid South. Some of our esteemed contemporaries have been commenting upon a recent interview by the New York Herald with Roger A. Pryor. Some of them appear to regard him as an exponent of South ern sentiment. Pryor announces that the doctrine of protection will break the Solid South and that our people are drifting in that direction. Roger A. Pryor has no right to express any sentiment for the Southern people. He has not lived this side of New York in twenty-four years, and a new genera tion has come upon the stage of action. He has less right to speak for the men who fought the war through. At the battle of Sharpsburg he had command of a brigade. The story among the soldiers then went that his conduct was such that General Lee never suffered him to have another command during the war. He was around A. P. Hill's headquar ters at Petersburg as a kind of "inde pendent. scout, going and coming as he pleased. A short time before the fallof Petersburg he came to the picket line of McGowan's brigade and crossed over pretensively to get news about the Yan kees. He waved a newspaper at a Yan kee officer. They met between the lines and conversed for some time. Pryor. locked arms-with him and walked into the lines of the enemy. He turned his back on old Virginia, his own State, and everything Southern. He left his people in the darkest hour in the face of the enemy, who had their cannon trained on the city where he had left his wife. We know this to be true, for the editor of the Medium wrote out for Gen. Lee the full particulars of his de sertion as it was narrated by Lieut. Reeder of Orr's Rifles, who wasin com mand of the part of the picket line where the desertion took place. Roger A. Pryor is no more tha expon ent of Southern sentiment than Bene diet Arnold was of American liberty. As to protection, South Carolina has a large and intelligent number of pseudo Democrats who are of that way of think ing. If our contemporaries wish to know who these men are let them go t. the legislative journals and count those who voted to exempt cotton factories from taxation for the period of ten years. Those who voted such an Act voted for the most odious kind of pro tection.-Abbeville Medium. THE ABERNATHY NURDEERmS. Two Convicted and One Acquitted-One Pleads Guilty of Attempted Bape. YoRKvILLE, April 4.-[Special to The Register.]-The detachment of the Jenkins Rifles having in charge the Abernathy murderers arrived here safely yesterday afternoon from Columbia, and was met by the remainder of the com pany, under command of Lieutenant H. C. Strauss, and escorted to the jail where the prisoners were safely locked up, and a detachment placed on guard. Quite a crowd followed them to the jail, but the brass buttons and shining helmets of the. military .seemed more than anything else to be the attraction. The trial of these prisoners tookplace in the Court of General Sessions to-day, and resulted-in the conviction of Charles Colston and John C. Feaster.and the ac quittal of Charles McManus. Jackson Barnett pleaded guilty of attempting to rape A bernathy's daughter. The Jenkins Rifles are still on guard at the jail, but lynching is not feared, as the people are satisfied with the ver diet. South Carolina Teachers' Association. The President of the South Carolina Teachers' Association has issued the following circular:. "The South Carolina Teachers' Asso ciation, an organization having for its object the professional improvement of its members and the advancement of educational interests generally, . is de sirous of increasing its membership and of extendinlg its influence. "This can only be done by means of earnest and hearty co-operation on the part of the teachers of the State, and with a view of securing that co-operation, I address you this circular, and myvite you to be come a member. Tho dues are only one dollar a year, payable at the annual meeting. "The annual meeting for 1889 will be held in the Female College building at Columbia on t.he 16th, 17th and 18th of July; an attractive prgam is be'ng prepared by the executive commitice, the railroads will reduce their rates, and no effort will be spared to make the meet ing both interesting and instruct ie. "Send your name and postoffice ad :ress, at once, to yours, respectfully, "Fl p'RY P. ARCHER, "President S. C. Teachers' Association. "Cuiarleston, S. C., April 2d, 1889." The Lsargest Lectern Ever Made. St. John's Episcopal Church, Savan ah, Ga.. will receive on Eaister Day the handsomest eagle lectern ever pro uced. the gift of a prominent parish ioner of Grace Church. New York, in uimory of his wife. The lectern stat~ds 6 feet 9 inches high; the base is a :uved octagon, resting on four lions ouchant, they supporting four heavy pinnacles with flying buttresses. Be ween each are statues of the four Evan glists, excellently modelled in bronze. 'he shaft is full of pierced tracerv, sur 'ounted by an octagon cap, and on 't is the eagle with outstretched wings standing on the orb set in a crown of lory. Thbe eagle is artistically modelled and the feathers are delicately chased. A Misunderstanding of Orders. NAsamILE. April 4.--A collision be tween freight trains occurred this morning at Crown's Cross Road, three ciles from the city, on the Nashville ad Decatur Railroad. Both engines ad sixteen cars were totally wrecked, nd Eroa.st C. Green and M. L. Eby, brakemen, were killed. Albert Finch, a fireman was severely hurt. The col lision was caused by a misunderstand ing of orders.